a sop to Cerberus

A bribe. Taken from the ancient Greek and Roman custom of leaving gifts with corpses so that Cerberus (guardian of the gates of hell) would pass them by. What is this money, a sop to Cerberus so that I won't tell the authorities what you've done?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Fairchild	['fɛətʃaild]
Frye	[frai]
Josep	-	Catalan
MartÍ	-	Catalan
Loke	LOO-ke (Swedish)	Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Atiya	-	Arabic